A review by mallratsemiannual
Closer by Dennis Cooper

challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

This book was insane, and not in a good or fun way. Felt like a car crash I couldn't look away from. Needed to take multiple breaks because some passages were genuinely nauseating. I'm sure there is an audience for this out there, but it is absolutely NOT me. The writing was well done, I just wish the writing was about literally anything else. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Excrement

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Death, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Car accident

Minor: Grief, Incest, and Terminal illness

Do not underestimate the excrement content warning. One of the characters

has a scat consumption fetish, that comes up MULTIPLE times, in graphic detail.